Sentence examples for become scratched from inspiring English sources

THINGS happen: floors become scratched, cabinets dented, furniture nicked.

The glass back will become scratched over time, like any glass-backed smartphone.

I order countless prints each year, as projecting my films on loop systems in museums and galleries inevitably means that they become scratched and exhausted.

(Someone walking right by the console can be enough for a disc to become scratched).

It stays clean, as the lowered chain stays do not become scratched by the chain.

Mirrored goggles are good for outdoor swimming because of their dark tint, but they will look terrible if they become scratched, and must be handled with greater care.

The polished floor became scratched and dusty; the staircase shivered continually; the top floor resounded with the steady shuffle.

Sound effects and dialogue were provided live by the projectionist - and filled with whatever regional references and topical humour seemed to work best with the crowd - and the prints were screened and rescreened until they became scratched and shredded beyond repair.

After a few months of careful play in a clean room deep within the bowels of her mountain lair, the disks became scratched with a circular pattern and did not work.

His former landlady recalled that his face became scratched and bruised at around that time.

Few theaters have the necessary (and antique) equipment, and as the original prints from the 1950s have become shrunken, scratched and choppy, they no longer produce the vivid illusion they once did.